rustopha
20-10-2009, 04:14 PM
Hi all, i have searched the web and these forums, but cant seem to find a match for the fault my car is suffering.
I only have a small drive of about 7miles per day to and from work, and if im in traffic for the duration, i dont actually notice any problems.
but when i get a chance to open up the power, i notice that the car seems to get very warm, and instead of it sitting happily on 90 degrees, it creeps up quite rapidly up to 120 degrees, setting off the overheating warning.
ive had a recovery driver go over the engine, and he confirmed he thought all was ok, oil good, water good, and water pump seemed to be working as do the fans.
i then had an auto electrician connect it up to his computer, and he came up with no faults. but he was curious enough to help investigate further, and we took it for a drive.. and he concluded that, what i was describing as loss of power, may be something to do with the clutch, as the engine seemed to be revving alot higher than the speed we were travelling (kind of like, riding the clutch).
now the only thing to note is, that when the engine is cold, in the morning or when i leave work at the end of the day, there is no evidence of loss of power, as the acceleration seems fine, but as soon as the car reaches its 90 degrees, at that point the loss of power begins to be evident, and the longer i drive it, the more it is evident, and with a hill to go up at the end of my drive home, if the car is too warm, i dont seem to have very much power to get up it without changing gears all the way down.. but then with the excess revs, the car just hits the 120 degrees and the warning light and bleeps start.
i was wondering if anyone on here, might have an inkling of an idea what might be the cause, as im not in a postion to be fleeced with exploratory hourly rates... so any advice would be massively helpful please,
oh, and also, another observation is, that when the car is either sat just ticking over, or in slow traffic, poodling along with just first and second gears the car seems happy at its 90 degrees, you'd never know there was a problem, and even when stationary and revving to 2-3000 revs for 10-15 mins, it still is sitting happy at 90 degrees.
I only have a small drive of about 7miles per day to and from work, and if im in traffic for the duration, i dont actually notice any problems.
but when i get a chance to open up the power, i notice that the car seems to get very warm, and instead of it sitting happily on 90 degrees, it creeps up quite rapidly up to 120 degrees, setting off the overheating warning.
ive had a recovery driver go over the engine, and he confirmed he thought all was ok, oil good, water good, and water pump seemed to be working as do the fans.
i then had an auto electrician connect it up to his computer, and he came up with no faults. but he was curious enough to help investigate further, and we took it for a drive.. and he concluded that, what i was describing as loss of power, may be something to do with the clutch, as the engine seemed to be revving alot higher than the speed we were travelling (kind of like, riding the clutch).
now the only thing to note is, that when the engine is cold, in the morning or when i leave work at the end of the day, there is no evidence of loss of power, as the acceleration seems fine, but as soon as the car reaches its 90 degrees, at that point the loss of power begins to be evident, and the longer i drive it, the more it is evident, and with a hill to go up at the end of my drive home, if the car is too warm, i dont seem to have very much power to get up it without changing gears all the way down.. but then with the excess revs, the car just hits the 120 degrees and the warning light and bleeps start.
i was wondering if anyone on here, might have an inkling of an idea what might be the cause, as im not in a postion to be fleeced with exploratory hourly rates... so any advice would be massively helpful please,
oh, and also, another observation is, that when the car is either sat just ticking over, or in slow traffic, poodling along with just first and second gears the car seems happy at its 90 degrees, you'd never know there was a problem, and even when stationary and revving to 2-3000 revs for 10-15 mins, it still is sitting happy at 90 degrees.